forest ecosystem
collocation in Englishmeaningsofforestandecosystem
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forest
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈfɒr.ɪst/us/ˈfɔːr.ɪst/
a large area of land covered with trees and plants, usually larger than a wood, or the trees and ...
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ecosystem
noun[C]
uk/ˈiː.kəʊˌsɪs.təm/us/ˈiː.koʊˌsɪs.təm/us/ˈe.koʊˌsɪs.təm/
all the living things in an area and the way they affect each other and ...
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(Definition offorestandecosystemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The statistical results found here support this approach for conserving the tropical naturalforestecosystem.
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Over the course of eight chapters, the book provides a dramatic description of the links between human existence, theforestecosystemand the economy.
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Relatively few studies provided detailed information on phorophyte surface area, epiphytic biomass and nutrient capital of theforestecosystem.
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Our study provides another example of biological heterogeneity within a tropicalforestecosystem.
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The qualities responsible for the differences and how different wood qualities affect nutrient cycling in the tropical rainforestecosystemare discussed.
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Their importance in early successional communities suggests an important role in reestablishment offorestecosystemprocesses.
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Details that matter: the spatial distribution of individual trees maintainsforestecosystemfunction.
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However, the higher nutrient concentration in stemflow has important localized effects that contribute to the spatial heterogeneity of theforestecosystem.
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We suggest, instead, that the structure of animal communities reflects the spatial environment of the microcosm, and the widerforestecosystemin which they exist.
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Tree species diversity is an important aspect offorestecosystemdiversity, and in this paper only the issue of tree species diversity is considered.
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If, as our study suggests, litter-disturbing birds play an important role in affecting tree recruitment, these anthropogenic effects may have much broader consequences for theforestecosystem.
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Biomass is an important parameter for characterizing aforestecosystem.
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For tropicalforestecosystemmanagement, it is important to know how variation in wood quality affects decomposition and nutrient cycling processes through wood-foraging of termites in the forest.
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This increases the resilience of the underlyingforestecosystemand makes it less likely that this ecosystem will be subjected to catastrophic fires at some later date.
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Soil microarthropod contribution toforestecosystemprocesses: the importance of observational scale.
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Their traditional knowledge, acquired over centuries of interaction with their surrounding environment, leads the communities to protect and sustain theforestecosystem.
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Current research is being done onforestecosystemproductivity, wind disturbance, nutrient cycling, and global carbon cycling.
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Drunken trees may eventually die from their displacement, and in ice-rich permafrost, the entire drunkenforestecosystemcan be destroyed by melting.
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It can be along the perimeter, at specific elevations, or dispersed throughout theforestecosystem.
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